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Road for a three-day bus tour in new hampshire, making a final pitch to voters there. that's three days he won't be spending in iowa. where a new poll shows ron paul the texas republican congressman, out front. the poll puts romney in third place, and it's just 13 days before the iowa caucuses. andrea's saul is a spokesman for the romney campaign. andrea, thanks for joining us. mitt romney, at this stage we're close to the end of the first vote. every day is important. he's spending three days in new hampshire. that's three days he's not in iowa -- why? >> we're going to be in iowa next week. ...

Economy and why mitt romney is the best candidate to not only beat president obama, but get this economy back on track directly to the voters there. >> andrea, wanting to win and winning are two different things. does mitt romney need to win the state of iowa? given that he's been the front-run anywhere this race almost since the moment he got into it? >> we're prepared for a 50-state battle. we're prepared for this to go a long ways. we're the only candidate that's able to actually get on the ballot in every state at this point. we're prepared, we've been prepared, and you know, after iowa we...

Of the day, governor romney is leading. as he said, he'd like to see the tax cut extended, he doesn't want to raise taxes on anyone. but he doesn't think this is the permanent way to get our economy going again. he's put forth a 59-point economic plan to be able to turn this economy around. and actually lead things to get this done. as he said this morning with chuck on msnbc, you know, he doesn't think too much, two months is that long of a time. he would prefer to see a year. but again, this is not going to be the end-all, be-all to fix our economy. he would actually do a fundamental restruc...